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Priceless piccolo pinched Musical instrument made in 1899 among items stolen from musician’s truck

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Lisa Anderson should be living her musical dream as she readies to play baritone saxophone in Spain and France in the coming days. Instead, thanks to a thief who nabbed a bag from her truck last Wednesday evening, the buildup to touring with the New Edmonton Wind Symfonia has been a nightmare. “I just stopped in for a quick bite to eat at Earls and, 30 minutes later, I came back to a broken window in my truck,” she said yesterday from the airport in Gatwick, England. Though insurance will cover most of the stolen items — a Silver King flute, Jupiter soprano clarinet, microphone, sax and flute stands, and a stand light — there was one musical memento money can’t replace. “Basically, they have just taken a piece of my heart and I want it back,” said Anderson, a single mother who works as a realtor but plays as a pastime. Among the stolen instruments was a vintage black wooden piccolo willed to her by a 40-year Edmonton Symphony

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veteran, principal flautist Harlan Green. “I don’t know how I will replace it. They haven’t made them in 100 years,” said Anderson. She is overwhelmed by the musical community’s support — offering loaner instruments and watching to see if her 1899 Christensen black wooden piccolo surfaces online — after she posted a note on her Facebook page. SHELLEY WILLIAMSON

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Despite keeping the city’s pledge for a bike route on 97 Street, one city councillor thinks $1 million to mark up a road rampant with potholes is cause for some backpedalling. “I agree biking is really important,” said Coun. Kerry Diotte. “But it’s ironic to me that the city would assign this as a recommended bike route. That street is a disaster.” Diotte said he plans to dig in and fight for repairs on the road, which is especially bad between Argyle Road and 76 Avenue, earlier than when they were slated, two years from now. Keith Hallgren of the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters Society said the route has long been a sore spot for cyclists, and marking a bike lane is pointless in its current

New southside lanes slated for this summer include 97 Street, 76 Avenue, 106 Street and Saddleback Road Loop. Edmonton has 117 kilometres of combined bike routes marked with signs and sharrows, and six kilometres of dedicated bike lanes on one-way streets.

condition. “You are going to build something nobody will want to use,” said Hallgren, adding riders will opt to avoid the ruts, leaving them in traffic anyway. Diotte questions the need for signs indicating where to cycle on a street. “It would be like stencilling a sidewalk with a footprint to tell you that you can walk there,” he remarked.

Bicyclists and one city councillor say this patch of road along 97 Street is too rough for a planned bike lane without repairs ﬁrst.

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Students from M.E. LaZerte High School in a scene from their adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Seventeen students and two teachers will be taking the play to Scotland.

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It’s a midsummer night’s dream come true for a group of Edmonton high school drama students who have been chosen to perform at the prestigious Edinburgh arts festival in Scotland this summer. For M.E. LaZerte High School drama teacher Pamela Schmunk, an invitation to be one of only a handful of Canadian schools to perform at the festival eclipsed her wildest imagination. “When we got accepted, I was really, truly OPENS IN 2015

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M.E. LaZerte School is one of only 40 schools from North America that will perform at the festival — chosen from a pool of 2000. shocked,” she said. The company will be putting a Canadian spin on the Shakespeare classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in a version set in a logging town on a B.C. island in the 1960s. Christina Harbak, a member of the student open in 2015 on the corner of 103A Avenue and 99 Street. The four firms, EllisDon Construction Services, Graham Design Builders, Ledcor Design Build (Alberta) and PCL Construction Management, were chosen from an initial seven after an evaluation last month. The original 44-yearold Glenora location is expected to stay open for public purposes even after the 2015 move. METRO

company, said the group is setting high goals for the festival. “I feel that since we’re travelling abroad it’s kind of go big or go home,” Harbak said. “If we’re going to do a show, lets do the most professional show we can.” The festival will be the culmination of a year’s work for staff, students and parents to raise money for the trip. “It’s been a huge commitment,” Schmunk said. Students from École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School will also be Representing Alberta at the festival.

Electricity prices to soar in July Edmontonians can expect to receive bigger power bills this month. For a typical home, using about 600 kilowatt hours per month, this means an extra cost of about $30 compared to March. According to EPCOR, seasonal spikes in power prices are not unusual and result from supply and demand in the market. METRO

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William has a splash in Sea King helicopter RYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Duke of Cambridge lands machine on water In light rain, royals meet well-wishers in Prince Edward Island Prince William swapped his crisp jacket and tie for a jumpsuit and helmet and the throb of a Sea King helicopter yesterday as he donned a flight suit and practised a quintessentially Canadian manoeuvre — landing on the water. The Duke of Cambridge climbed into the co-pilot’s seat of a grey Sikorsky CH124, its lower half sealed up with yellow tape, and plopped down repeatedly on the surface of Dalvay Lake, near the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the edge of Prince Edward Island. With William at the controls, the chopper spent nearly an hour on the “waterbirding” move — sometimes turning circles on the water like a giant mechanical duck, windshield wipers clearing the spray from the windscreen, or performing a touch-and-go exercise that at times pushed the water levels nearly to the windows. Waterbirding is an exer-

cise that was invented in Canada to ensure Canadian Coast Guard pilots are equipped to deal with emergencies when operating over water. And if the number of times they tried it was any indication, the duke was certainly smitten with the technique. Before taking off, the duke could be seen through the helicopter windows strapping in to the co-pilot’s position as Kate — the Duchess of Cambridge — chatted and watched from a distance. William is no stranger to the Sea King — as a flight lieutenant with the Royal Air Force, he’s a fully qualified helicopter pilot who currently serves on board a British Sea King as a member of the British military’s Search and Rescue Force. “The Duke of Cambridge is, first and foremost, a search-and-rescue pilot, that’s his job, and it’s a job he’s very proud to

Prince William reacts after winning a dragon boat race yesterday in Dalvay Lake, P.E.I.

do,” said press secretary Miguel Head. While waterbirding isn’t widely practised outside Canada, it’s a manoeuvre that’s known to search-and-rescue professionals and helicopter pilots around the world, he added. “So when (William) took the decision to come to Canada, one of the things he actually asked to

do was to do this, and it’s a technique he’ll be able to use in his job.” The demonstration took place at the Dalvay by-the-Sea resort, a frequent backdrop for the Anne of Green Gables movies — Kate is a big fan of the Lucy Maud Montgomery books — and CBC’s Road to Avonlea TV series.

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Royals row Also yesterday, William and Kate donned life jackets before boarding separate vessels for a dragon boat race. William appeared to really get his back into it, paddling in perfect unison with his crew, while Kate — positioned at the back of her boat — had a harder time, paddle spray hitting

her face a few times. When it was over, Kate playfully gave William a shove, as if to push him in the water. Immediately after the race, the duke and duchess took part in a cultural display that included a traditional smudging ceremony, traditional Mi’kmaq drumming and an Acadian dance performance.

Defiant Ratko Mladic tossed from tribunal AMEL EMRIC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

UN judges threw Ratko Mladic out of his own arraignment yesterday after the former Bosnian Serb military chief shouted at them, defied their orders and refused to enter any plea to 11 charges of masterminding the worst atrocities of the Bosnian war. With Mladic’s chair in the courtroom empty, presiding Judge Alphons Orie entered not guilty pleas, in line with the war crimes tribunal’s rules for suspects

who refuse to plead. Mladic’s contemptuous display drew anger from survivors of the 1992-95 Bosnian war and raised the prospect of another turbulent UN court trial that may offer victims more heartache than justice. In Srebrenica — the Bosnian town where Mladic is accused of commanding troops who in 1995 killed some 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Europe’s worst massacre since the Second

Relatives of a man killed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war put up photos yesterday on a memorial in Bosnia.

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World War — survivor Fadila Efendic called Mladic’s behaviour salt in her wounds. “We are made to suffer, to mourn our children. We are forced to watch him make a circus in the court,” she said. Mladic had threatened to boycott yesterday’s hearing, his second public appearance since Serbia extradited him to The Hague in late May, because the court had not appointed Belgrade

Remembrance Mladic’s courtroom belligerence came just a week before solemn commemorations in Srebrenica marking the 16th anniversary of the massacre.

lawyer Milos Saljic and a Russian lawyer as his trial attorneys. If convicted, Mladic could face a sentence of up to life in prison. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alleged kidnapper’s testimony is fiction: Crown Romeo Cormier, a New Brunswick man who has pleaded not guilty in the alleged abduction of a 55year-old woman in Moncton in February 2010, has testified that the

woman wanted to be with him and enlisted him in a plot to kill her husband. The Crown dismissed his testimony as fiction in closing arguments yesterday. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Otto von Habsburg dies at age 98 ARNE DEDERT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Otto von Habsburg saw the crumbling of the empire his family had ruled for centuries and emerged from its ashes as a champion of a united and democratic Europe. The oldest son of AustriaHungary’s last emperor fought Nazism and Soviet communism during his long decades of exile from his homeland, and was lionized by leaders across the continent as “a great European.” Habsburg died yesterday at age 98 in his villa in MEMORIAL SERVICE

Officer’s funeral to attract thousands Hundreds of colleagues and members of the public lined up outside a funeral home yesterday to show their respects to an officer who died after being dragged and pinned under an overturned minivan he had stopped. Some waited more than an hour to attend the visitation for York Regional Police Const. Garrett Styles, 32, a married father of two whose fu-

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Greeks disable Canadian ship bound for Gaza Strip Greek coast guard blasted water cannon at Tahrir as ship left port: Activist No one on board was believed to have been injured DARKO BANDIC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Poecking in southern Germany, where he had lived since the 1950s, with his seven children nearby, his spokeswoman said. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

neral today is expected to draw thousands. Police have charged the alleged driver of the vehicle — a 15-year-old boy — with first-degree murder. The seven-year officer, who would have turned 33 last weekend, leaves his wife Melissa and two children, two-year-old Meredith and nine-weekold Nolan. Between 5,000 and 7,000 police officers from across North America are expected to attend a procession and memorial service today in Newmarket, Ont., where Styles was based. His wife is scheduled to give a eulogy at the ceremony. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Lawyers fight nudity laws Lawyers for a man charged after not wearing clothes at a drive-thru in central Ontario will try to convince an Ontario court

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French activists stand on the deck of their boat moored in Pireaus port, near Athens yesterday.

The Greek coast guard has damaged a Canadian ship bound for Gaza, forcing it back to shore after ramming it against a cement pier, activists said yesterday. Activists at first believed the ship was sinking as a result of the hard landing. While it appeared the damaged ship would stay afloat, it remained confined to a Greek port late yesterday after an unsuccessful attempt to reach Gaza. The Tahrir, bearing at least 30 Canadians, left a Greek port early yesterday evening local time and was boarded 15 minutes later by armed officers from the

Greek coast guard. Within an hour, the ship was back at another Greek port, where supporters of its mission were gathering. “They arrived back to land into a location ... where the coast guard forced them to go to. Not the original dock,” Ehab Lotayef, a Montreal-based spokesman for the ship, told The Canadian Press in a telephone interview. “They slammed it into the concrete, into the pierside.” Lotayef said several dozen activist passengers remained late yesterday on board the ship, which was damaged and leaking diesel.

“This is a peaceful international mission to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, which, it is now crystal clear, has been extended to the ports of Greece.” DYLAN PENNER, CANADIAN ACTIVIST

“We are holding the Greeks responsible for all that — totally unjustified action by the Greek government, arm-twisted by the Israelis,” he said. “It is a setback but it’s not the end of the road.

The efforts will continue worldwide until this blockade ends.” Two Canadian activists on board provided dramatic descriptions of the ship’s boarding. “We’re slowly heading back. There’s a new boat that’s pulled up beside ... must be another coast guard vessel,” Dylan Penner said in a mobile telephone interview from the Greek-occupied vessel. Penner said eight to 10 armed coast guard officers boarded the ship and that soldiers were in command of its bridge. They were armed with handguns and assault rifles. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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along with many others, reported a decline in sales, led by falling truck sales. That led observers to suggest that high gas prices are forcing drivers to rein in purchases. Automakers have been reporting a boost in car sales for most of this year due to soaring fuel costs. In June, Ford car sales were up 32 per cent, driven by sales of its Focus, Fusion, Taurus and Mustang. Truck sales, however, fell nearly four per cent. General Motors Canada, Canada’s second-best-

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On the rails Bombardier’s Derby plant produces subway cars for London’s Underground system, trains for National Express East Anglia, and turbostars for Chiltern and London Midland. Analysts had expected the latest contract loss would affect the Derby factory, which employs 3,000 workers. Several reports in Britain have said the company could lay off up to two-thirds of its Derby workforce.

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selling automaker last month, said sales grew 12 per cent from a year ago, led by its Chevrolet Cruze and other fuel-efficient cars and crossovers. The company reported total sales of 27,865 vehicles, compared to 24,897 a year before. Meanwhile, Chrysler Canada reported the largest improvement from year-ago sales. The company said its sales soared 27 per cent to 23,576 vehicles from 18,502 a year ago. That was its best June since 2005. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME We all make mistakes. The chances of making those mistakes increase exponentially when alcohol is involved. In JESSICA NAPIER fact, the decisions you make METRO during a night out on the town are almost exclusively regrettable. Here are just a few of the things that you would never, ever do in real life (read: sober) but that seem like a really good idea at 2 a.m. • Ask the DJ to play an obnoxious pop track from the mid-2000s — think Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl — and scream “THIS IS MY JAM” at anyone within earshot. • Wear sunglasses indoors. Convince yourself that sunglasses are a fun prop and that wearing them at night will make people think you are a hilariously zany individual. If Corey Hart can do it, so can you. • Get into a heated discussion about religion/politics/anything of a sensitive nature. Assume you are correct no matter how outlandish your point “Walk home is. There is no reasoning barefoot through with someone under the influence of drunk logic. the city streets. • Order a pitcher of beer Hepatitis be … for yourself. When the server asks: “What type of damned; your beer?” Respond with: “Surfeet really hurt prise me.” from wearing • Get all confessiony and tell your best friend about cheap heels all that time you hooked up night long and with her exﬁve kilometres boyfriend/brother/dad. isn’t really that • Purchase a large pulled pork poutine with extra far of a walk gravy or some other calorieanyway.” laden late-night snack that you will inevitably spill all over yourself. Not that it matters. One of your friends accidently poured a double vodka cranberry down your back an hour ago. • Send (what you think are) nonchalant text messages to that guy you went on a few dates with back in May. You didn’t really like him and it didn’t go anywhere, but for some reason you feel the need to see what he’s up to right now. • Walk home barefoot through the city streets. Hepatitis be damned; your feet really hurt from wearing cheap heels all night long and five kilometres isn’t really that far of a walk anyway. • Facebook creep your ex. Wind up in a shameful spiral of despair before falling asleep on your keyboard. Wake up at 5:30 a.m. to a photo album titled I Luv U Babe featuring him and his new girlfriend, who you suspect is at least five years younger than you. • Decide that the remedy for nausea is not water but tequila. So be sure to proceed with caution on your next night of summertime revelry. Engage in any one of these activities and you will guarantee yourself a miserable morning after.

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Not the best idea to invite him to lunch Joey Chestnut scarfed down 62 hotdogs to win his fifth consecutive Fourth of July hotdog-eating contest at Coney Island — the equivalent of about 20,000 calories in 10 minutes. It wasn’t a personal best for the 27year-old nicknamed Jaws, but it was enough to out-eat second-place finisher Patrick Bertoletti by nine wieners. Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., won $10,000 and the coveted

mustard-yellow belt. “I feel great!” he said, sweat pouring down his face after the contest, adding he was going to drink a lot of water and avoid hotdogs for a few days. This year, for the first time, the annual contest in front of Nathan’s Famous fast food stand was broken into two divisions, one for men and one for women. Sonya Thomas, known as the “Black Widow” of competitive eating, won with 40 downed dogs, earning her $10,000 and her own pink champion’s belt. Both Thomas and Chestnut broke world records in 2009; he with 68 and she with 41. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Charlie Day as Dale and Jennifer Aniston as Dr. Julia Harris star in the dark and wacky comedy, Horrible Bosses.

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Charlie Day, best known for his illiterate, gluesniffing character on FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has been put in the unlikely position of explaining why being pursued for a sexual liaison by a character resembling Jennifer Aniston is an unpleasant prospect. It’s not an easy job. “Most men don’t cheat on their wives. Not all, but close,” he offers rather sheepishly. His character in the comedy Horrible Bosses is a dental hygienist for Aniston’s man-eating dentist. De-

voted to his fiancé, Day’s character Dale is terrified by his boss’ blackmailing seduction. As the logic of the film goes, he and his buddies, played by Jason Sudeikis and Jason Bateman, decide to kill Dale’s boss. Dark as it may seem, Bosses isn’t afraid to cover the controversial topics. “I don’t think anything is too taboo to make funny,” says Day. “Murder is a terrible thing. It ruins people’s lives. But set against this backdrop, in this idiotic light with these guys that have no business trying to commit a murder go about it, then it becomes a comedy. The things aren’t inherently funny

“I think they’d hit it oﬀ because I think they are very similar.” DAY IMAGINING A SCENARIO IN WHICH HIS CHARACTERS FROM HORRIBLE BOSSES AND IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA HANG OUT

themselves. It’s how you tell the joke.” That’s where the overlap lies between Horrible Bosses and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. He’s just wrapped production on the seventh season of the sitcom on which no topic — from abortion to crack smoking — is too crooked or bizarre. He is a writer and a producer on the show. “Managing to fly under

the radar enough so that we don’t lose our street cred but be a big enough hit that we’re actually a very successful show has been a really nice balance,” says Day, who offers up some spoilers for this upcoming season, which premieres in September. “One of my favourite episodes is sort of a ‘Toddlers and Tiaras’-esque thing, a kiddie pageant episode, which is just ridiculous,” Day says. “Frank has gotten involved in pageantry and he thinks its grown women he’s getting involved with but it happens to be kids and he has to go through with it. It’s another great season.”

Bearded humour Does having facial hair make you instantly funnier? “Having a beard just makes me look older,” says Charlie Day. “Sometimes when I shave it off I feel like I still look like I’m 15.” “Mac (on Sunny) kind of grows his beard a little bit longer this season. He’s definitely funnier, but I’ve definitely seen some unfunny people with beards.” “I don’t know that it makes people unfunny. I just know that there are plenty of people who grow beards who still remain completely humourless.”

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe says he has given up drinking alcohol after realizing he was partying too hard. The 21-year-old actor says he began to drink too much while filming Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, the sixth movie in the Harry Potter series in 2009. Radcliffe told GQ magazine he became “enamoured with the idea of living some sort of famous person’s lifestyle that really isn’t suited to me.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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gardening business: “You grow it, we cut it.” But Hobo can’t close his eyes to the carnage around him. A sadistic capitalist named Drake (Brian Downey), and his stooge sons Slick (Gregory Smith) and Ivan (Nick Bateman) are terrorizing Scum Town by beheading people in the street. Only Hobo and his new shotgun stand in their way. The lawns will have to wait. Extras include commentary with Eisener and Hauer, deleted scenes, an alternate ending, video blogs and featurettes. PETER HOWELL

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A transcendent drama of uplift and inspiration, Of Gods and Men reveals the cavernous divide between heaven and Earth. Set during the Algerian Civil War of the early 1990s, it’s the fact-basedstory of seven Christian

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monks from France, who live harmoniously amongst Muslims in a mountainous village. When tensions erupt between the Algerian government and Islamic fundamentalists, foreigners are told to leave. The monks’ leader, Brother Christian (Lambert Wilson), wants to stay, despite the danger, as the villagers desperately need assistance. PETER HOWELL

Genre: Drama Director: John Wells Stars: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Chris Cooper 888

This tough drama about corporate downsizing has an A-list cast that includes four Oscar winners: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper and Kevin Costner. The film was written and directed by John Wells, who has been a creative force behind such award-winning TV shows as ER, The West Wing and Southland.

It speaks to an issue that is as current as a newspaper's front page, and plays as almost a companion piece to Up in the Air, Jason Reitman's like-minded film about workers squeezed by a bad economy. In this case though, the workers are suits who considered themselves bullet-proof. It's meat-and-potatoes drama, but The Company Men depicts harsh reality truthfully. Extras include cast and crew interviews and a featurette. PETER HOWELL

Radiohead enters China — virtually

Band gains nearly 49,000 fans on China microblog JOEL RYAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE

Radiohead has taken a tentative step into censored Chinese cyberspace, even though the British rock band has been critical of China’s human rights record. Radiohead recently launched a page on the “weibo” site of leading Chinese Internet portal Sina.com. “Weibo,” which translates as “microblog,” is the Chinese-equivalent of Twitter. But the band has only posted a single message on Friday. It says “testing the weibo.” Sina.com checks the authenticity of celebrity weibos and has certified the Radiohead weibo as genuine. The move comes despite Radiohead’s activism against Chinese government policies. The rock group has performed at Free Tibet concerts and in December, posted a note

Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs as a special guest at the Glastonbury Music Festival in England. Radiohead has taken a step into censored Chinese cyberspace despite being critical of China's human rights record.

on its official website urging fans to campaign for the release of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year. “You know it makes sense,” the band said. Such comments will be unthinkable on Radiohead’s Sina microblog. The Chinese government

screens Internet content for material it deems politically sensitive, such as calls for greater autonomy in Tibet and commentary on the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Foreign social media sites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are blocked. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Just paid 40 cents to @EricStonestreet use the bathroom in Brugge. Based on my output, I gave an additional 40 on the way out. I support world commerce. @JoelMcHale

Happy Independence America! In celebration, I’m in London. Don’t worry I brought an ass-load of fireworks.

Charlie Sheen

Sheen picks his intern Canadian applicants lose out on chance to join Team Sheen Actor Charlie Sheen has chosen his “tiger blood” intern and he’s not a Canadian. The fired Two and a Half Men star tweeted last week that Team Sheen welcomed Josh Burstein as its new social media intern. The Los Angeles resident, who works for the

Israeli government’s economic mission to the U.S., beat 82,000 applicants. One of them was Sepy Bazzazi, 25, who works in social media for Earls Restaurants in Vancouver. He tweeted his congratulations to Burstein. Phil Pallen of Belleville, Ont., who was one of the

final 50 candidates, ditched his bid last month and accepted an offer to work for American Idol host Ryan Seacrest instead. Burstein tweeted “Tiger blood, coarsening (sic) through my veins. Excited for the opportunity!” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Taser story: Here’s another case of where are they now You don’t know Andrew Keegan’s name, but if you watched a lot of familyfriendly TV in the 90s — including 7th Heaven (he played Wilson) or Party of Five (he was Reed) — you’d recognize his face. Anyway, this weekend, he was tasered by cops, reports TMZ. The site says he was playing music

loudly in his car and got mad when the police approached. We’re guessing the line “Don’t you know who I am?” drew blanks. METRO

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Neo-soul artist Jill Scott brought a sassy new look, new music and a surprise performance with soulsinger Anthony Hamilton on the second day of the Essence Music Festival. Scott performed some of her timeless hits Saturday evening such as Long Walk, and The Way and drew heavily on tunes from her new release, The Light of the Sun. She delighted fans

when Hamilton joined her on stage to perform their current hit, So In Love, which has helped push the new album to No. 1 — her first release to do so. Scott was among the headliners for Saturday’s festival, which also featured performances by El Debarge, Chaka Khan and the night’s closer, rapper Kanye West. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A career-first for Taylor Swift Taylor Swift recently postponed a show for the first time in her career. Swift had to postpone Saturday night’s sold-out show at the Yum Center in Louisville under doctor’s orders because of an illness. She tweeted the bad news to fans: “This is my first time having to do this. I’m so, so sorry.” Within 20 minutes, hundreds of followers had responded with get-well wishes, which were already

among the most popular international trends on Twitter for the day. Swift postponed the show until Oct. 11. She’s due for a short break before returning to the road in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday in support of her multi-platinum Speak Now album. THE

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Money doesn’t buy happiness. But what does? According to a large worldwide study, having choices in life and being able to express yourself are the most important ingredients in being happy. Researchers in New Zealand collected data from all around the world on what factors contribute to well-being. Altogether, the studies included 420,599 people from 63 countries over several decades, so the science behind their results is very strong. “The main finding is that money does not buy happiness and well-being,” says Dr. Ronald Fischer, lead author, in an email to Metro. “Choice and autonomy are more directly related to happiness than having lots of money. Autonomy provides you with the options to pursue meaning in your life, to find activities that stimulate and excite you and keep you active,” explains Fischer, who is a senior lecturer in psychology and Fellow of the Centre for Applied Cross-Cultural Research at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He and colleagues were surprised by the finding that choice and self-expression are more important than money, especially once you have your basic needs met. “We did not predict we would find these clear patterns when we started and none of our friends or colleagues would have bet on this.” Job searchers take note. “People may not need to go for the highest paying job, but rather focus on something that fulfills

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them personally and gives them greater happiness and satisfaction in their life,” he says. He warns that too much of anything is bad. “Having too many choices or too much autonomy can lead to doubt about what to do, and regret that you aren’t making the right choices.” The study was published by the American Psychological Association.

A life of choice is a life of happiness, a new study shows.

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left thigh. Stay here and lengthen the spine.

Sit on the ﬂoor with your legs straight in front of you. Inhale, bend your right knee and draw the heel back towards your perineum. Rest your right foot sole against your inner left thigh and lay the outer right leg on the ﬂoor with the shin at a right angle to the left leg.

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Maki Maki is a Whyte-area lunch destination for seriously underpriced sushi. This visit, despite the trio of nigiri I couldn’t resist adding to my order, I was there for the Vietnamese pages of the menu. My vermicelli ($8.95) arrived first. The deep, square bowl was filled to the brim with noodles, unconcealed by strips of grilled pork and crushed peanuts. Maki Maki

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Vividly-coloured sushi pairs well with a Vietnamese vermicelli bowl.

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soaked up the salty soy sauce, which scorched the palate clean between each bite. I’ll be back to Maki Maki, but will stick with the 10 pages of sushi options or the killer lunch special.

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Celery root steals summer salad spotlight MATTHEW MEAD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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FORGET THE WEDDING; LOVE IS WHAT REALLY MATTERS I’m in love with a great guy who happens to be divorced, and refuses to ever get married again. He says that asking a woman to live together is like asking her hand in marriage, and he’s asked me to move in together. I’ve always assumed I’d get married and we both want to have a child together, but it’s clear that if I choose this path, I’m choosing a common law relationship over my dream wedding and the traditions that go with it, and possibly upsetting my parents in the process. No white for me? Claire: Dear NWFM,

As Florence and the Machine says, “You’ve got the love,” it’s just not taking the form you expected it to. He loves you enough to want a child with you and to share a home with you — to build a life together. He’s offering you the relationship that comes after the wedding day — the quieter, more private form that love takes when the party is over, the gifts have been given and the wed-

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ding dress has been stored away. Legally, you’ll still have similar rights to those couples who spend $20K on the their big day. Your parents will be happy when you are happy, whether or not they disapprove in the beginning. Your child simply needs to be well loved. The question is whether you can be at peace with this version of your life together. If so, throw yourselves a big fat housewarming party/commitment ceremony when you move in, and be grateful you don’t have to deal with bridesmaid dresses and demanding in-laws.

law, Marriage is like haute couture: sometimes you pull the big bucks and your beloved item stands the test of time, and sometimes it’s a cheaply made Taiwanese knock-off that falls apart before you can say “prenup.” The point is: put in the effort, time, and tears and you’ll get quality. A piece of paper and an expensive party won’t speak to a solid foundation. It’s one day out of years, decades even. The first step to attaining that level of commitment is moving in together. He obviously feels strongly for you if he’s asked, so even if he doesn’t adhere to your version of a perfect relationship, it’s a really good sign. I’d say he’s doing you a favour by helping you found your own values over your parents, and potentially averting hefty divorce procedures. TWO SISTERS, 20-SOMETHING ANDREA AND 30-SOMETHING CLAIRE, OFFER THEIR DIFFERING VIEWS ON YOUR RE-

Andrea: Dear uncommon-

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I’m a second-time bride getting married the last week of July. I work full time, will be going on a two-week honeymoon and have two children from a previous marriage to take care of full time. Based on the fact that everyone knows how busy I am, are people honestly expecting me to send thank you notes for their presents? Carole, Nova Scotia

Hello Carole: Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I know the answer to your question is one you don’t want to hear, but it’s yes,

A simple note can go a long way.

you do need to send everyone a thank you note and here’s why: 1. People have gone to the trouble of spending time and money shopping for you — and they are just as busy as you! 2. It would be hurtful for guests who might think that your lack of communication means you don’t care or value them or their gift.

That said, don’t pressure yourself to write all of the notes at one time. Pace yourself. Send one or two per day, or 10 or so per weekend, and soon enough they will be done — I promise! As my grandmother taught me, you will never be criticised for sending a thank you note, but you will always be criticised for not sending one!

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GOOD DEALS CAN More pitfalls of working at home BE BAD FOR YOU ON MONEY ISTOCK IMAGES

On the job

FUN AND FRUGAL LESLEY SCORGIE

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What’s the “big deal” today? Check your email, Facebook or Twitter and within seconds you’ll know it’s 50 per cent off rims for your ride or a two-for-one pass to Ashton Kutcher’s new flick. Sites like Groupon get frugal types like me all revved up. They negotiate huge discounts with popular local businesses and pass along savings of 50 to 90 per cent to subscribers. If you’re in the market for a particular product and its price gets slashed, online coupons can save you hundreds of dollars.

Saving money is en vogue and often the topic of water cooler conversation. But, if you’re leading your offices’ popularity contest for nabbing the best daily online deal, watch out! You’ll quickly fall from financial grace once your credit card is maxed and you’ve got nothing more to share with your colleagues. It’s important to ensure you’re not spending money unnecessarily simply for the sake of a “sweet deal.” If a fancy trip out to the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel wasn’t part of your travel plans this month, don’t buy one. Sure, it’s important to include fun and entertainment in your budget, but not at the expense of building your financial security. A great deal you can’t afford is never a good deal.

ALISON GRIFFITHS

Liberating though it can be, working at home isn’t all hanging out in sweats and catching up on daytime TV. Last week I presented seven drawbacks of the home-based job and you readers reminded me of five more.

1. Lack of spousal support A spouse who doesn’t respect and support what you’re doing can turn working at home into a nightmare. In a previous incarnation I had one of those. For instance, reading the papers and magazines, and now browsing the Internet is a big part of my job. But he refused to see it that way, always character-

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Alison’s money rule: Working at home is a dream for many. Just be aware of the disadvantages before you try it.

izing it as slacking around. Never mind that he was unemployed!

2. Household chores Because you work the expectation is you can do household chores, drive kids and aging parents to appointments during your down time. The reality is that down time is limited because you are on your own with no colleagues or assistants to take up the slack. Set boundaries, although it can be tough when family is involved.

thought you could help me out with the kids this month.” It’s a tricky situation to deal with in the absence of goodwill and strong communication.

3. Kids home sick!

5. Credit scarcity

You’re home so you can just keep an eye on those sneezing, coughing, feverish kids. Then there are school holidays and snow days, which fall in the lap of the work-at-home parent.

Banks still look askance at the self-employed. I believe they have a secret, negative category for us. Assets, sparkling credit score and low debt to income ratio be damned, the work-at-home crowd have a tough time getting things like a business related line of credit without pledging their first born. I’ve outlined 12 pitfalls of working at home this week and last. Even so, I wouldn’t have it any other way.

4. Non-custodial drop off I’ve never personally experienced this but several readers complained that their ex just drops the kids and says, “You’re at home anyway and I’ve got this big business trip so I

We are living in a ‘Wanna-Have World’ $3,000 for a new purse? Luxury spending skyrocketing even in the face of a global debt crisis Society needs to get a better grip on its rampant consumerism because real consequences lie ahead if the excess isn’t reined in, a McGill University professor says in a new book. “Do you know what the most expensive bottle of cognac in the world cost?” Tom Naylor asks in an interview. “Two million dollars. “Think about the stupidity involved, not just the crassness. You could buy a bottle for $25 and get just as drunk if that

“The scale of it and the degree to which it’s so embedded in our social and cultural morals, that was a bit of a shock.” MCGILL PROFESSOR TOM NAYLOR, ON RAMPANT CONSUMERISM

was your objective. Instead they have a bottle that’s studded with diamonds and gold.” Real incomes have been “pretty much flat for most people for 30 years but the level of consumption keeps rising,” says Naylor, author of Crass Struggle: Greed, Glitz and Gluttony in a Wanna-Have World. “What that translates into is consumer debt, mortgage debt and things like that.” Luxury spending has skyrocketed even as the world struggles with a debt crisis. Among the countries where cash is being flung around the fiercest are the United States and China, which is being seen as a new haven for luxury car and boat manufacturers. Naylor cites the environmental and human misery that comes from

Hey big spenders Average Canadians continually hear from government about the fragility of the economy. But young Canadian men have been cited in studies as among the most prolific spenders on high-end items such as expensive clothes and cars.

mining such items as diamonds and gold in the developing world and points out that the lust for luxury poses more risks for average consumers than it would appear. “They sort of follow the lead of the super-rich in trying to flaunt their capacity to consume,” said Naylor. “Never before has it been so vast.” THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Winners

MINNESOTA

WASHINGTON

N.Y. RANGERS

TORONTO

BUFFALO

The Wild have certainly addressed some of their offensive shortcomings with the additions of Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi. They combined for 48 goals a year ago and have shown in the past they’re capable of a much higher output.

Not only did Caps GM George McPhee land a proven veteran in Tomas Vokoun — at an extremely cap-friendly price tag of $1.5 million US — he also obtained a potential lottery pick from Colorado for unpredictable goalie Semyon Varlamov.

The addition of Brad Richards doesn’t solve all of New York’s problems, but it drastically improves the outlook for next year. He’ll slot in as the No. 1 centre and should make life a little easier for Marian Gaborik.

Despite immense pressure to start winning immediately, the Leafs have avoided getting in cap trouble by overspending. The team’s only free-agent signing, Tim Connolly, will strengthen a weak group at centre.

They overpaid for defenceman Christian Ehrhoff and forward Ville Leino, but when was the last time you could say that about the Sabres? Buffalo established itself as an off-season winner simply by making a splash in the free-agent pool.

After the off-season gold rush

4 sports Quoted

A look at which NHL clubs have come out ahead in a few weeks of frenzied roster moves Losers

FLORIDA

PHILADELPHIA

DALLAS

CALGARY

COLORADO

To be fair, the Panthers were pretty much in a nowin situation. GM Dale Tallon acknowledged as much at the draft when he said the need to spend up to the $48.3-million US salary floor would actually make his team worse.

GM Paul Holmgren has made a habit of doing things his own way. The culture change that comes with the departure of Mike Richards and Jeff Carter probably won’t be enough to overcome the drop in talent that accompanies it.

An uncertain ownership issue has made the job of building a team particularly tough on GM Joe Nieuwendyk, who simply couldn’t come up with the kind of offer needed to keep Brad Richards in the fold.

A team that missed the playoffs a year ago lost veteran defenceman Robyn Regehr in exchange for nothing more than salary cap flexibility. While that certainly has value in today’s NHL, GM Jay Feaster has yet to put it to use.

After letting both of his goaltenders walk away, GM Greg Sherman is taking a bit of a gamble. He’s banking on the duo of Semyon Varlamov and J.S. Giguere making his team much better. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Heatley welcomes trade to Minnesota EZRA SHAW/GETTY IMAGES

“Last year wasn’t the greatest year for me personally, but I’m looking forward to getting back there.” DANY HEATLEY

The Minnesota Wild have been searching for the kind of dynamic goal-scorer who can put the puck in the net in the blink of an eye, a player who won’t hesitate to let a shot rip from anywhere in the opposing goaltender’s zip code, ever since Marian Gaborik left in 2009. Here comes Dany Heatley, who never met a shot on goal he didn’t like, determined to show the rest of the league he can still light the lamp with the best of them. The Wild landed Heatley from San Jose on Sunday night, sending forward

$19M

Heatley has three years and $19 million US left on his contract, while Havlat has four years and $20 million remaining on the deal he signed with Minnesota two years ago. Marty Havlat to the Sharks in a straight-up swap of two 30-year-old wingers. Heatley said yesterday he was excited to be coming to Minnesota and couldn’t wait to prove that last

year’s sub-par season was a fluke. “As a goal-scorer and a player, you want to be that guy,” Heatley said. Heatley had back-toback 50-goal seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07 for the Ottawa Senators, but finished with only 26 goals last season for the Sharks. Heatley played a month and a half with a broken hand and said he had several other nagging injuries that held him back. After the Sharks flamed out in the playoffs yet again, San Jose GM Doug Wilson was looking to switch things up. He found

a willing partner in Wild GM Chuck Fletcher, whose team has missed the playoffs in both of his seasons as the team’s top executive. Fletcher said the biggest priority heading into the off-season was injecting some juice into a team that finished 30th in the league in shots on goal and had too many players who were better suited to passing and setting up others than finishing the plays themselves. Havlat seemed to be one of those players. He tied for the team lead last season with 62 points, but only 22 goals. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

“For us, it’s about proving that we belong here, that we deserve to be No. 6 in the world, it’s not a fluke and we have to go out and prove to ourselves and to Canada that we’re a lot better than we were that day.” CANADIAN GOALKEEPER ERIN MCLEOD, ON HER TEAM’S DESIRE FOR REDEMPTION AFTER A 4-0 LOSS TO FRANCE AT THE WOMEN’S WORLD CUP. THE SIXTH-RANKED CANADIANS FACE NO. 27 NIGERIA TODAY IN THE FINAL GAME OF THIS TOURNAMENT FOR BOTH WINLESS TEAMS.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

CFL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST DIVISION

New York Boston Tampa Bay Toronto Baltimore

W 50 49 47 42 36

L 33 35 38 44 46

Pct GB .602 — .583 11/2 .553 4 .488 91/2 .439 131/2

Philadelphia Atlanta New York Washington Florida

W 45 45 43 37 34

L 38 41 43 46 51

Pct .542 .523 .500 .446 .400

GB — 11/2 31/2 8 12

St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Houston

W 45 45 42 38

L 41 41 43 48

Pct .523 .523 .494 .442

GB — — 21/2 7

San Francisco Arizona Colorado San Diego Los Angeles

CENTRAL DIVISION Cleveland Detroit Chicago Minnesota Kansas City

Texas Los Angeles Seattle Oakland

EAST DIVISION

W 54 50 43 43 38

L 32 36 42 43 47

Pct GB .628 — .581 4 .506 101/2 .500 11 .447 151/2

46 45 44 43 35 29

40 41 41 43 51 57

.535 .523 .518 .500 .407 .337

— 1 11/2 3 11 17

48 46 41 39 37

38 40 44 47 49

.558 .535 .482 .453 .430

— 2 61/2 9 11

CENTRAL DIVISION

WEST DIVISION

Yesterday’s results Toronto 9 Boston 7 Chicago White Sox 5 Kansas City 4 Cleveland 6 N.Y. Yankees 3 L.A. Angels 5 Detroit 1 Minnesota 7 Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 2 Oakland 1 Texas 13 Baltimore 4 Today’s games All Times Eastern N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 11-4) at Cleveland (C.Carrasco 8-4), 7:05 p.m. Toronto (Cecil 1-3) at Boston (Lester 10-4), 7:10 p.m. Baltimore (Undecided) at Texas (M.Harrison 6-7), 8:05 p.m. Kansas City (F.Paulino 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-1), 8:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Shields 8-5) at Minnesota (S.Baker 6-5), 8:10 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 11-3) at L.A. Angels (Haren 8-5), 10:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-7) at Oakland (Cahill 8-6), 10:05 p.m.

INTERLEAGUE

Sunday’s results Toronto 7 Philadelphia 4 Detroit 6 San Francisco 3 Cincinnati 7 Cleveland 5 N.Y. Mets 3 N.Y. Yankees 2 (10 innings) Baltimore 5 Atlanta 4 Tampa Bay 8 St. Louis 3 Boston 2 Houston 1 Minnesota 9 Milwaukee 7 Chicago Cubs 3 Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City 16 Colorado 8 Oakland 7 Arizona 2 Seattle 3 San Diego 1 Florida 6 Texas 4 L.A. Angels 3 L.A. Dodgers 1

T E NN I S ATP CAMPBELL’S HALL OF FAME CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Newport, R.I. Yestrday’s results Singles — First Round Grigor Dimitrov (2), Bulgaria, def. Brian Dabul, Argentina, 6-2, 6-4. Olivier Rochus (6), Belgium, def. Greg Jones, Australia, 6-4, 3-6,6-3. Alex Bogomolov, Jr., U.S., def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Donald Young, U.S., def. Paul Capdeville, Chile, 6-2, 6-1. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-4, 6-2.

Yesterday’s results Arizona 8 Milwaukee 6 Atlanta 4 Colorado 1 N.Y. Mets 5 L.A. Dodgers 2 Philadelphia 1 Florida 0 Pittsburgh 5 Houston 3 San Diego 5 San Francisco 3 St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 0 Washington 5 Chicago Cubs 4 (10 innings) Sunday’s result Pittsburgh 10 Washington 2 Today’s games All Times Eastern Chicago Cubs (Ortiz 0-0) at Washington (Detwiler 0-0), 7:05 p.m. Houston (W.Rodriguez 6-4) at Pittsburgh (Karstens 6-4), 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Volquez 5-3) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 7-3), 7:09 p.m. Colorado (Chacin 8-5) at Atlanta (D.Lowe 4-6), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 9-4) at Florida (Volstad 4-7), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Duke 1-3) at Milwaukee (Wolf 6-5), 8:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 4-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 5-8), 10:10 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 4-5) at San Francisco (Cain 7-4), 10:15 p.m.

BLUE JAYS 9, RED SOX 7

Toronto RDavis cf EThms lf Bautist 3b Lind 1b Encrnc dh A.Hill 2b Snider rf JMolin c JMcDnl ss J.Drew rf Scutaro ss Totals Toronto Boston

ab 5 4 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 3 39

r h 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 3 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 9 13

bi 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 7

Boston Ellsury cf Pedroia 2b AdGnzl 1b Youkils 3b YNavrr pr-3b D.Ortiz dh Reddck lf DMcDn ph-lf Sltlmch c

ab 5 4 5 1 3 3 2 2 4

r 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1

h 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1

bi 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

Totals 35 7 11 6 124 000 110 —9 000 040 030 —7

E—Youkilis (6), Y.Navarro (1). DP—Toronto 2. LOB—Toronto 7, Boston 6. 2B—R.Davis 2 (15), Snider 3 (7), Ad.Gonzalez (28), D.Ortiz (21). 3B—Ellsbury (1), Saltalamacchia (2). HR— A.Hill (4). SB—R.Davis (22), Ellsbury (27). CS—Pedroia (3). S—J.Molina. SF—J.Drew. Toronto IP H Morrow W,5-4 5 5 L.Perez H,2 2 2 Frasor 1 3 F.Francisco S,10-14 1 1 Boston Lackey L,5-8 2 1-3 9 Wheeler 2 2-3 0 Aceves 2 2-3 3 F.Morales 1-3 0 Albers 1 1

R 4 0 3 0

ER 4 0 3 0

7 0 2 0 0

7 0 1 0 0

GOLF

T—3:37. A—38,072 (37,065) at Boston.

BB SO 3 5 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 1 1

2 0 1 0 0

Montreal Winnipeg Toronto Hamilton

GP W L 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

T PF PA Pt 0 30 26 2 0 24 16 2 0 23 21 2 0 16 24 0

WEST DIVISION Edmonton Saskatchewan B.C. Calgary

GP W L 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1

T PF PA Pt 0 42 28 2 0 28 42 0 0 26 30 0 0 21 23 0

WEEK ONE Sunday’s result Edmonton 42 Saskatchewan 28 Friday Results Toronto 23 Calgary 21 Winnipeg 24 Hamilton 16 Thursday Result Montreal 30 B.C. 26

WEEK TWO All Times Eastern Friday, July 8 Toronto at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at B.C., 10:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9 Montreal at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m. Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

SCORING LEADERS Following Week One McCallum, BC Barnes, Edm Duval, Edm Whyte, Mtl Richardson, Mtl Prefontaine, Tor Medlock, Ham Johnson, Sask Palardy, Wpg

Pts

0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0

2 0 5 3 0 2 1 3 2

4 0 2 3 0 3 3 2 2

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1

14 12 12 12 12 11 10 10 9

TRANSACTIONS MLB

AMERICAN LEAGUE

N.Y. YANKEES—Activated SS Derek Jeter from the 15-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS—Activated C Mike Napoli from the 15-day DL. Optioned C Taylor Teagarden to Round Rock (PCL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with SS Dawel Lugo and RHP Osman Gutierrez.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

CHICAGO CUBS—Recalled RHP Casey Coleman from Iowa (PCL). Optioned RHP Chris Carpenter to Iowa. COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled OF Cole Garner from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned RHP Clayton Mortensen to Colorado Springs.

CFL WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Signed RB Mike McLendon to the practice roster.

NHL ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed RW Andrew Gordon to a two-year contract. CALGARY FLAMES—Re-signed D Anton Babchuk to a two-year contract. EDMONTON OILERS—Agreed to terms with D Theo Peckham and F Ryan Keller on one-year contracts. MONTREAL CANADIENS—Signed F Brock Trotter to a one-year contract. WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to terms with D Randy Jones, D Derek Meech, C Aaron Gagnon, D Mark Flood, LW Tanner Glass and F Rick Rypien.

S O CCER

PGA FEDEXCUP LEADERS

MLS

Through July 3

EASTERN CONFERENCE

1. Nick Watney 2. K.J. Choi 3. Luke Donald 4. Bubba Watson 5. Mark Wilson 6. Matt Kuchar 7. David Toms 8. Phil Mickelson 9. Gary Woodland 10. Webb Simpson 11. Brandt Snedeker 12. Steve Stricker 13. Martin Laird 14. Jonathan Byrd 15. Jason Day 16. Rory Sabbatini 17. Aaron Baddeley 18. Fredrik Jacobson 19. Hunter Mahan 20. Charl Schwartzel 21. Bill Haas 22. Steve Marino 23. Dustin Johnson 24. Jhonattan Vegas 25. Keegan Bradley 26. Spencer Levin 27. D.A. Points 28. Ryan Palmer 29. Jason Dufner 30. Charles Howell III 31. Vijay Singh 32. Brendan Steele 33. Ryan Moore 34. Justin Rose 35. Bo Van Pelt 36. Y.E. Yang 37. Charley Hoffman 38. Brandt Jobe 39. Tommy Gainey 40. Lucas Glover 41. Robert Garrigus 42. Kevin Na 43. J.B. Holmes 44. Zach Johnson 45. Adam Scott 46. Harrison Frazar 47. Robert Karlsson 48. John Senden 49. Rickie Fowler 50. Chris Kirk 51. Brian Gay 52. Robert Allenby 53. J.J. Henry 54. Jeff Overton 55. Kevin Streelman 56. Charlie Wi 57. John Rollins 58. Brian Davis 59. Carl Pettersson 60. Ryuji Imada 61. Jimmy Walker 62. Pat Perez 63. Ricky Barnes 64. Brendon de Jonge 65. Stewart Cink 66. Troy Matteson 67. Johnson Wagner 68. Marc Leishman 69. Graeme McDowell 70. Kevin Chappell 71. Jerry Kelly 72. Sergio Garcia 73. Paul Goydos 74. Chris Couch 75. Jim Furyk 76. Ben Crane 77. Michael Bradley 78. Blake Adams 79. Geoff Ogilvy 80. Tim Herron

Points 1,798 1,536 1,455 1,448 1,321 1,306 1,280 1,261 1,237 1,230 1,191 1,173 1,165 1,154 1,141 1,137 1,112 1,112 1,072 980 946 930 900 894 891 879 875 815 813 808 799 756 740 734 733 728 716 707 701 699 678 660 640 638 637 624 609 607 607 607 600 596 585 560 557 545 541 541 538 517 506 497 496 494 493 488 486 485 479 477 471 471 460 459 456 451 443 425 418 411

Money YTD US$4,189,233 $3,665,704 $3,550,248 $3,017,350 $2,690,688 $2,878,861 $2,920,730 $2,496,784 $2,381,229 $2,466,692 $2,392,395 $2,561,139 $2,348,956 $2,358,204 $2,720,362 $2,200,867 $2,329,848 $2,026,682 $2,181,312 $2,080,921 $1,730,170 $1,812,196 $1,947,228 $1,577,378 $1,822,168 $1,712,268 $1,700,583 $1,614,010 $1,678,060 $1,535,895 $1,532,130 $1,460,104 $1,463,150 $1,441,382 $1,486,545 $1,587,837 $1,123,658 $1,252,470 $1,341,751 $1,377,188 $1,387,787 $1,247,029 $1,398,583 $1,131,621 $1,478,553 $1,192,489 $1,184,755 $966,820 $999,545 $1,042,909 $999,066 $1,109,862 $826,927 $1,039,570 $1,030,075 $982,840 $960,036 $784,555 $892,408 $913,162 $883,895 $875,808 $848,892 $657,498 $809,028 $833,746 $966,064 $772,767 $987,558 $1,021,298 $767,876 $903,091 $1,099,260 $738,856 $769,757 $771,151 $818,895 $525,966 $814,227 $675,318

274 273

$467,810 $400,872

Also 121. Stephen Ames 122. David Hearn

Philadelphia New York Columbus Kansas City Houston D.C. United Chicago Toronto New England

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP GP W L T GF GA 17 7 4 6 21 16 18 5 3 10 29 23 17 6 5 6 20 19 16 5 6 5 21 22 18 4 6 8 21 22 16 4 5 7 23 29 18 2 4 12 19 22 19 3 7 9 17 29 18 3 8 7 16 24

WESTERN CONFERENCE Los Angeles Dallas Seattle Real Salt Lake Colorado San Jose Portland Chivas USA Vancouver

GP W L 19 9 2 18 10 4 19 8 4 16 7 3 18 5 5 16 5 5 16 5 8 17 4 7 18 2 8

T 8 4 7 6 8 6 3 6 8

GF GA 25 15 26 17 25 18 21 12 19 21 22 19 19 28 21 22 18 25

Pt 27 25 24 20 20 19 18 18 16

Pt 35 34 31 27 23 21 18 18 14

Note: Three points for a win, one for a tie. Last night’s results New England 3 Real Salt Lake 3 Seattle at Los Angeles Sunday’s result Houston 0 Colorado 0 Tomorrow’s games All Times Eastern Toronto at New York, 8 p.m. Colorado at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. San Jose at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.

NASL Yesterday’s results Edmonton 0 Minnesota 0 Puerto Rico 4 Atlanta 3 Tampa Bay 4 Fort Lauderdale 2 Sunday’s result Carolina 2 Montreal 0

COPA AMERICA FIRST ROUND

Last night’s results At Mendoza, Argentina Chile 2 Mexico 1 Uruguay 1 Peru 1 Sunday’s results At La Plata, Argentina Brazil 0 Venezuela 0 At Santa Fe, Argentina Paraguay 0 Ecuador 0

MEN’S U-17 WORLD CUP QUARTER-FINALS

Yesterday’s results At Morelia, Mexico Germany 3 England 2 At Pachuca, Mexico Mexico 2 France 1 Sunday’s results At Monterrey, Mexico Uruguay 2 Uzbekistan 0 At Queretaro, Mexico Brazil 3 Japan 2 Thursday’s games All Times Eastern Semifinals At Guadalajara, Mexico Uruguay vs. Brazil, 4 p.m. At Torreon, Mexico Germany vs. Mexico, 7 p.m.

GROUP STAGE

Sunday’s results At Wolfsburg, Germany Australia 3 Equatorial Guinea 2 Brazil 3 Norway 0 Today’s games All Times Eastern At Augsburg, Germany England vs. Japan, 12:15 p.m. At Sinsheim, Germany New Zealand vs. Mexico, 12:15 p.m. At Dresden, Germany Canada vs. Nigeria, 2:45 p.m. At Moenchengladbach, Germany France vs. Germany, 2:45 p.m. End of Group Stage

CYCLING TOUR DE FRANCE At Redon, France Third Stage 197 kilometres (flat terrain) 1. Tyler Farrar, U.S., Garmin-Cervelo, four hours 40 minutes 21 seconds; 2. Romain Feillu, France, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time; 3. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Movistar, s.t.; 4. Sebastien Hinault, France, AG2R La Mondiale, s.t.; 5. Mark Cavendish, Britain, HTC-Highroad, s.t.; 6. Thor Hushovd, Norway, GarminCervelo, s.t.; 7. Julian Dean, New Zealand, Garmin-Cervelo, s.t.; 8. Borut Bozic, Slovenia, Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.; 9. Andre Greipel, Germany, Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.; 10. Jimmy Engoulvent, France, Saur-Sojasun, s.t. 11. Denis Galimzyanov, Russia, Katusha, s.t.; 12. Sebastien Turgot, France, Europcar, s.t.; 13. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, s.t.; 14. Gianni Meersman, Belgium, Francaise des Jeux, s.t.; 15. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky Procycling, s.t.; 16. Linus Gerdemann, Germany, Leopard-Trek, s.t.; 17. William Bonnet, France, Francaise des Jeux, s.t.; 18. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack, s.t.; 19. Rob Riujgh, Netherlands, Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.; 20. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.; Also 34. Alberto Contador, Spain, Saxop Bank Sungard, s.t.; 78. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, Garmin-Cervelo, s.t. Overall Standings (after three stages) 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Garmin-Cervelo, nine hours 46 minutes 46 seconds; 2. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Cervelo, same time; 3. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC, one second behind.4. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky Procycling, 0:04; 5. Linus Gerdemann, Germany, Leopard-Trek, s.t.; 6. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, s.t.; 7. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, s.t.; 8. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, s.t.; 9. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Leopard-Trek, s.t.; 10. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, s.t. 11. Manuel Quinziato, Italy, BMC, s.t.; 12. Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland, Leopard-Trek, s.t.; 13. George Hincapie, U.S., BMC, s.t.; 14. Tony Martin, Germany, HTC-Highroad, 0:05; 15. Peter Velits, Slovakia, HTC-Highroad, s.t.; 16. Tejay Van Garderen, U.S., HTC-Highroad, s.t.; 17. Mark Cavendish, Britain, HTC-Highroad, s.t.; 18. Matthew Harley Goss, Australia, HTC-Highroad, s.t.; 19. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack, 0:10; 20. Christopher Horner, U.S., RadioShack, s.t. Also — 57. Ryder Hesjedal, Victoria, GarminCervelo, 1:14 behind leader.

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